• Pet services provider turns to Intelligent following serious collision

    Published On: Thursday 31 August 2017

    Petcare services provider Bruce’s Doggy Day Care is rolling out a connected vehicle camera solution across its fleet after footage of a serious road collision involving one of its vans [...]

  • A-Plant appoints Fleet Source for nationwide Driver CPC training

    Published On: Friday 25 August 2017

    Transport training provider Fleet Source has been chosen by plant, tool and equipment hire specialist A-Plant to be its main provider for Driver CPC training. A-Plant hires a vast range [...]

  • Garmin launches new truck navigation device

    Published On: Friday 25 August 2017

    Garmin International has launched a new navigator designed specifically for trucks, in the form of the dēzl 580 LMT-D – with features including easy break planning, built-in Wi-Fi for seamless [...]

  • eCanter comes to Europe

    Published On: Thursday 24 August 2017

    Daimler subsidiary Fuso has begun European production of its all-electric Fuso eCanter 7.5-tonner at its assembly plant in Tramagal, Portugal. The truck has been manufactured at Fuso’s factory in Kawasaki, [...]

  • Consultation on heavier alternative-fuel vans

    Published On: Wednesday 23 August 2017

    The Department for Transport (DfT) has launched a consultation on proposals which would allow ‘alternative-fuel’ vehicles of up to 4.25 tonnes to be driven on car licences, and continue to [...]

  • Plug-in electrics join Royal Mail fleet

    Published On: Tuesday 22 August 2017

    Royal Mail is to trial nine electric vehicles from Oxfordshire-based start-up company Arrival, which was formerly known as Charge Auto. The vehicles for Royal Mail are designed for 3.5, 6 [...]

  • Resurgent Mercedes revitalises heavy truck market

    Published On: Tuesday 22 August 2017

    Britain’s UK truck market enjoyed its best first half-year since 2008, with registrations of new vehicles up 3.5 per cent to 22,177 on 2016, according to the Society of Motor [...]

  • Northumbrian Water streamlines operations with Ctrack

    Published On: Tuesday 22 August 2017

    Northumbrian Water Limited (NWL) has teamed up with vehicle tracking specialist Ctrack, part of global software provider Inseego, to develop and implement a new telematics solution to improve road safety, [...]

  • First Insurance: 3G cameras ‘can cut premiums by more than half’

    Published On: Tuesday 22 August 2017

    First Insurance Solutions Ltd, a specialist commercial insurance broker, has reported reductions in insurance premiums for its fleet clients of as much as 55 per cent in some cases, thanks [...]